Gibson Les Paul Article

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Originally Posted by slipkid

So how did Peter Green get his spike in volume for solos? Was it walking back to the amp ala Pete Townshend? I thought Fender had a boost pedal, which increased the volume using the natural distortion of the Fender amp.

Again, at this spring -70 concert, he didn't do much work on the amp controls. Sure he was there a couple of times during the concert, e.g. before "Green Manalishi", preparing for his bass solo, but it was the volume and tone controls of his guitar that he continously used to adjust the sound.
So, in his mind, hands and fingers lays the answer to the question on how he did get his sound, I guess. I heard him play on Orange/Matax amps as well and we've all heard his sound when playing Marshalls with Bluesbreakers. The Peter Green sound is there throughout.
Looking on pictures of his guitar from that time, he seemed to have the pickups adjusted on a relatively large distance from the strings which maybe could have an impact on his sound. I've never heard anyone else being able to get his guitar sound as an accoustic steel string guitar only by rolling off the volume pot.